James William Reis, 65, of Alexandria, Kentucky, passed away on October 28th, 2016
at the Baptist Center, Newport after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He
was a writer-reporter for the KY Post for 36 years covering 12 counties across
Northern KY. Jim was a renowned historian of Northern Kentucky history. His
column Pieces of the Past ran from 1982 to 2006. Jim also wrote several books,
Pieces of the Past 1, 2, 3 and 4 and also Then and Now: Cincinnati and Northern
Kentucky book. Jim was the recipient of the Two Headed Calf award in 2014 from
the Behringer-Crawford Museum and the Lifetime Dedication to Kentucky History
award in 2010 from The Kentucky Historical Society. He was the retired vice
president and board member of the Campbell County Historical Society and one of
the founders of Northern Kentucky History Day at NKU. He was also on the
Committee of the Northern Kentucky African-American Heritage Task Force. He had
contributed to the Kentucky Encyclopedia, to Campbell County Kentucky, 200
Years, 1774-1994, and to the Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. He was a
graduate of Thomas More College. Jim was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption
Parish and a former Eucharistic minister. Jim is survived by his wife, Jan
(Rose) and two sons, Jason (Laura) of Independence, Kentucky and Jeff
(Stephanie) of New York, New York and also two granddaughters, Chloe Lynn Reis and
Abigail Nichole Reis. He is also survived by his mother, Ruth Reis of Fort
Thomas, brothers, Ken of Grant’s Lick and David of Southgate and sisters, Donna
Taylor of Fort Thomas and Patti Neltner of Alexandria. Visitation will be from
10:00 AM to 11:45 AM Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 at St. Mary of the Assumption Church with Mass of the
Christian Burial following at 12:00 PM. Burial will take place at the St.
Stephen Cemetery Fort Thomas, Kentucky. Memorials are suggested to Hospice of
the Bluegrass at 7388 Turfway Road, Florence, KY 41042 or Parkinson Support and
Wellness, 260 Stetson St., Suite 2300, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219. Alexandria
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Our family wanted to express their condolences in this your time of sorrow. We found this verse encouraging during our time of loss. "Praised be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of tender mercies and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our trials so that we may be able to comfort others in any sort of trial with the comfort that we receive from God." 2 Corinthians 1:3,4.
DeleteAt John 5:28,29 Jesus spoke about the hope of the resurrection. You are in our thoughts as well.
JR